I don't know if you guys can understand why I like have the little virtual items, the pixels, on avatar sites. It's because that little avatar is me. I'm typing posts from it, I'm dressing it how I want it to be dressed, and I'm earning money for being me.
I've been on a very big avatar community called Gaia since 2004, and it wasn't until the past 2 years that I've really been loving collecting the items on there. I got myself up to a 2,ooo,oooG worth, which is quite a lot...and was looking forward to even more.
I like these sites because...I can have things on there. The ability is there for me to be rich, to be wealthy...to have items. And I love collecting them, being able to have what I want without it seeming like an impossibility.
To be hacked today on Gaia - to have almost all my items I worked for taken away...a whole 2 years worth! It really hurts. Like...life is telling me I can't even be wealthy or have what I want on the internet, either.
Am I seriously doomed to scrape and scrounge all my life for things only to be pushed back to where I started over and over again?
